Just gonna jump right in here... Just a reminder that this is set a couple of months after the last chapter, and it is nearly Easter :D
Oh, and angsty-ness and drama in this one... Just to let you know.

Jack groaned as he pulled himself to his feet, only to collapse to the floor again.
Damn Pitch... Jack had spotted him, and noticed one of the orbs, that they had tried to destroy several months ago, in his hand. Then badabing, badaboom, he beats a load of nightmares, Pitch flies off cackling like the insane evil monster he is, and Jack get's shoved into a building by the last of three nightmares and gets tossed around before he finally beat the damned things.
Jack sighed as he focused on his injuries. Not too serious... The cuts and bruises would heal, as would the concussion. But man, did he have a headache. He was just about to fly to the Pole, when he fell over, dizzy, and realised he was far too dizzy and in pain to fly just yet. Then he blinked, and face palmed himself, remembering the egg charm Bunny had given him, which was now hanging beside the dream orb from Sandy, on a chain around his neck. He used his staff to prop himself up, and took a deep breath, concentrating, before tapping one of his feet. A hole opened up, and Jack sighed.
This was gonna hurt...

Bunny's ears pricked up as he was alerted that someone had entered the burrow. With more focus, he realised that it had been Jack... He got a bad feeling in his gut, and swiftly got to his feet, forgetting the fact that Easter was less than three weeks away, and ran to find him.
He cursed as he caught sight of him, covered in blood, again, and trying to get to his feet.
He blinked as Bunny got closer, and gave him a faltering grin.
"H-Hey... Sorry for... for distracting you so...so close to... Easter..."
His voice was coming in pained gasps.
"Forget about that. Damn it Frostbite, what happened?"
"Oh, Just... a run in with Pitch... Usual stuff... Have to warn you... he has- he has more of those... orbs... Couldn't fly to the pole... too dizzy..."
He groaned, pressing his hands against his head, trying to fight the instinct that was telling him to fall unconscious.
Bunny scooped him up, blinking when he almost threw up on him, and shaking his head.
"Come on, mate. Let's get ya to the pole..."
He opened a tunnel, and jumped through, arriving just outside Santoff Claussen. He lay Jack down in the snow, relieved to hear a grateful sigh, and waited to make sure he was okay on his own before leaving him to get rid of his concussion and heading to find North.
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He found him in the workroom about twenty minutes later, and North gave him a surprised look.
"Bunny! It is nearly Easter. There is problem?"
"Yeah. Jack just got himself into a fight with Pitch, and turned up at the burrow looking like he had been thrown into a brick wall... Which he probably had, knowing him."
"What? Where is-"
"He's fine. Just outside in the snow. Had a hell of a concussion..."
"Why did he get in fight? And go to Warren?"
"He was too dizzy to fly here. And he wanted to warn someone that Pitch had more of those orbs...I thought we destroyed them but apparently not."
"Damned it... Okay, I will make sure Jack is okay. You had better head back to-"
"Nah mate, I'm stayin' till I know he's okay."
"If you're talking about me, I'm fine."
This came from Jack, as he flew in, looking better than he had been when Bunny left him.
"Jack! You are okay? Bunny tell me you fight with Pitch...?"
"Yeah. Just the usual. He sets nightmares on you, then legs it. Just got thrown into a few walls, but nothing too serious... Did he tell you that Pitch had more of-"
"More of the orbs, yeah. I told 'im, Frostbite. You okay?"
"Yeah. Cuts and bruises will fade in a couple of hours. Headache's gone... Sorry for distracting you so near to Easter... I figured I'd better let someone know. Didn't think I'd drag you away from your eggs..."
"Hey, I'm doing fine. Right on schedule. I can spare an hour or two here and there. I'd better head back though... You sure you're-"
"I'm fine, Jeez, I've had a lot worse than a wall before..."
"... Do I wanna ask?"
"Well, it involves a landslide, an avalanche and a deep ravine... oh, and the Grand Canyon. So no, you probably don't."
"...Okay then. I'll see you later guys. Let me know what you decide to do about Pitch..."
North nodded.
"Will do."
Bunny tapped a tunnel, and vanished, leaving Jack to slump into a chair.

North offered him a plate of cookies, to which he gave a look that said 'I'll be sick if I do...' and shook his head.
"No thanks... So, what are we going to do about Pitch?"
North sat in the opposite chair, and sighed.
"We must find out how many orbs he has. Then we can see about doing something..."
"But until then, he's even more dangerous. If he was to hit us with one of those orbs... It's like concentrated fear from what I could feel when I went near one."
"Then we must warn others. I will contact Tooth, and you find Sandy, yes?"
Jack nodded, getting to his feet, but North shook his head.
"No, you must rest for hour or two. Till you heal fully."
Jack rolled his eyes, getting to his feet.
"I'm fine. Just a few cuts and bruises. I've fought with worse than that."
North sighed. It was at times like this when he regretted the promise he made with the other guardians that they would listen to Jack in response to what he was capable of doing.
The deal was simple. Jack was honest about what he could do, and how he was feeling and they would act accordingly. He'd kept his side of the bargain up till now...
"Okay. But any problem, and you return."
Jack laughed,
"Sure thing, Dad..."
He flew out, and North, despite the light sarcasm on the word Dad, felt himself smiling as he sent a message to Tooth with one of the fairies that was on shift as messenger.
He did very much act like that towards their youngest guardian... He often thought that way as well.
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Jack sighed as he flew towards the part of the world that was just fading to night.
It was the fastest way to find Sandy...
Sure enough, he came across him about an hour later, and the other guardian grinned, waving cheerfully.
Jack grinned too, then sighed.
"Hey, Bad news. Pitch has more of those orbs we tried to destroy. Not sure how many, but he definitely has at least two that I could see."
How do you know?
Sandy said, worrying about how the younger guardian could have found out, and Jack sighed again.
"Had a run in with him a few hours ago. The usual 'send nightmares to attack whilst he legs it' thing."
Are you okay?
"Yeah, only a few cuts and bruises. Had a hell of a headache though... Anyway, I saw two of those orbs... Flew right near one as well. It was like they were pure fear..."
Jack shuddered at the memory.
"And I'd hate to think what he wants them for..."
Me too... Did you want to stay till I am done? Then we can both go to the pole. It is dangerous if Pitch uses them as weapons.
Jack grinned, both eager and slightly grateful that he would have some company on the fly back. He wasn't sure why, but something about those orbs had set him on edge.
"Yeah, I'd appreciate that. Thanks Sandy..."
The other guardian grinned, then gestured to the golden dolphins that were leaping around Jack when he touched one of the streams of dream sand, before pointing to the dolphin symbol on the snowflake crystal Jack had given him for Christmas.
Jack grinned.
"You've been doing that one for years Sandy..."
He nodded, smiling.
Jack was determined that this was not going to be the last time he watched Sandy send out dreams.
It was incredible to watch dozens of small streams of sand flying in all directions, morphing to various creatures and objects as they read a child's thoughts.
After about an hour, Sandy signed that he had sent enough to last a few hours ahead, and they both flew towards the pole.

Tooth was already there when they arrived, and immediately flew to Jack in a state of worry, motherly instincts in overdrive as she checked him over.
Jack rolled his eyes at North, over her shoulder, who shrugged and gestured as if to say 'well, what can you do...?'
Jack sighed, and shrugged in agreement, finally being allowed to sit down after reassuring Tooth that he was perfectly fine.
The problem was, they had no idea how many of the things Pitch had, or what he was planning on doing with them. And until they found that out, they could only attempt to keep an eye on Pitch's activities.
Which was why, a few hours later, North was on patrol in his sleigh, over Europe, Tooth had taken Asia, and Sandy was taking America as he started spreading Dreams again.
Jack had head down to tell Bunny, who told him to call for him if there was any trouble, and had then taken the areas that the other guardians weren't covering. They each had fairies with them, who would fly to the others as soon as Pitch was spotted, and the idea was to keep constant track of his activities, in turns and shifts. As soon as they found him, that was.
It was several hours before a fairy appeared, still, like all of them, wearing the tiny necklaces Jack had made for them, and chirped that North had spotted Pitch.
Jack head there straight away, knowing that North's sleigh was not the most subtle means of transport, and arrived at the same time as Tooth and Sandy.
Pitch, however had vanished again, and they had no idea where to. Then Jack blinked.
"What if this whole thing was a ruse? Getting us to try and find him, then leaving everywhere else vulnerable..."
The others froze as they took that in, then North cursed.
"Jack is right. Pitch could have planned whole thing. But where could he attack?"
"Could be anywhere..." Tooth said, and North nodded.
"Okay, I say Tooth, head back to palace. I head to Pole. That way, we have both places covered."
They all agreed, and Sandy and Jack split up to try and position themselves to be ready for anything. Jack flew for a few minutes, then stopped, another thought hitting him just as the small egg on the necklace started glowing a vibrant green.
With Easter so close...
The Warren!
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Jack immediately flew to the ground, and urgently opened a tunnel. The warren seemed eager for him to get there, and he jumped out just in time to see Bunny and Pitch vanish into a patch of shadows, nightmares along with them.
There was a scene of devastation, with dozens of shattered eggs around the clearing, and Jack cursed, opening another tunnel, this time willing the warren to send him near the pole.
He arrived just as North did, and quickly related what had happened, before vanishing, with the promise to return in an hour to meet with the rest of the guardians, back to the warren.
It seemed, that in the state it was, it didn't hesitate in taking Jack where he wanted to go, and he arrived back in the place to see a load of eggs trailing from various hiding places.
He smiled faintly. At least most had survived.
He channeled his frustration into working, and threw himself into painting the eggs. Egg after egg was painted, quickly but neatly, with patterns of flowers, ribbons and other eastery things, until Jack realised that he had better head back to the pole. He set down his last egg.
"Okay, you go hide with your friends. Bunny will be back soon, promise..."
The eggs all ran off to their various hiding places, and Jack opened a tunnel again, arriving back at the pole.
The others were already there, and they quickly decided that they needed to find where Pitch was holding Bunny.

The plan was simple. Go to his hide away, break in, find Bunny, break back out again and save Easter.
Just another average day in the life of the guardians then... Jack thought, grinning ruefully.
A few years ago, he would have been lounging about round about now, considering the best place for an Easter snowstorm... Now he was saving Easter.
It was weird how quickly times changed...
As a quick afterthought, before they left, Jack quickly threw on his belt, and slotted in the Sai...
His gut telling him that he would need a weapon was something he fully intended to listen to.
None of the other guardians made a comment on the addition to his outfit, and they all head out to the entrance to Pitch's home. Well, the only one they knew of.
Little did they know that it wasn't only Bunny they would be rescuing...

Duuun Duuuun Duuuuuuuunnnnn!
Sorry for the cliffie, but this will only be a two part, don't worry :D Its back to the one shots after they save Easter... Because we all know they will :D
So, next...Big fight, evil plans, and a side of Jack that I have wanted to show for a while now :D
Please review and let me know what you think!

Raven xx